Where does “शष्पिञ्जर” come from?

शष्पिञ्जर (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit पिञ्जर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pingalás ~ pinȷ́arás — tawny, reddish.

शष्पिञ्जर (Sanskrit): yellowish like young grass

Definitions

  1. yellowish like young grass

Ancestry of “शष्पिञ्जर”, step by step

शष्पिञ्जर traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit पिञ्जर

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपिञ्जरreddish-yellow, tawny; yellow, gold-colored
2Proto-Indo-Aryanpingalás ~ pinȷ́arástawny, reddish

via Sanskrit शष्प

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशष्पyoung, sprouting grass
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